rsync takes way too long to perform this....

[Ph. Marek]

>It is a reiserfs system on the client, and ext2 on the rsync server.
>
>The file system is organized lovely. Just a ton of files.
Well, that's most likely your problem.

reiserfs has another scheme of directory operations and no problems with
large directories.
ext2 unpatched has them.

If you're in an experimental mood try using the patches mentioned in
	http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0105.1/0896.html
That should make your problem vanish.

Or, you could use reiserfs too, of course.


Regards,

Phil